Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] Update gnulib and drop some patches

[Robbie Harwood]

Daniel Kiper <dkiper@net-space.pl> writes:

> Robbie Harwood wrote:
>
>> I don't get that, actually.  What OS/gcc?  It's fine with the gcc-11
>> I'm using here.
>
> Does gcc-11 work with the configure mentioned above?
>
> Anyway, Debian 9, arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc (Debian 6.3.0-18) 6.3.0 20170516.

Yes, with arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc (Debian 11.2.0-16) 11.2.0.

> The GRUB INSTALL file says:
>
>   The Requirements
>   ================
>
>   GRUB depends on some software packages installed into your system. If
>   you don't have any of them, please obtain and install them before
>   configuring the GRUB.
>
>   * GCC 5.1.0 or later
>
> So, even if it is old it is perfectly valid compiler according to the
> GRUB docs.
>
> Hmmm... What are the latest gnulib minimal compiler, linker,
> etc. requirements?

It doesn't look formally specified anywhere, beyond what the autotools
requirements are.  I suspect that means in practice it's what the devs
are using.  Also, gnulib's position on sign comparison issues is to
ignore them, so the "fix" from our end would probably be to pragma them
away... but that assumes this is the only issue, which hasn't been
checked yet.

Be well,
--Robbie

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